Innaminka Muster chords by Slim Dusty

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
C majorC    G+G  C majorC

Verse:
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Oh, they'd mustered all the cattle on the Innamincka run,
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And also on Cordilla Downs the same thing had been done,
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They shifted all the cows an' calves, the bullocks and the steers,
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The biggest bang town muster job in many, many years.

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Oh the Diamantina channels and the lignum now are bare
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Some wide eyed long horned pikers were all they'd left out there,
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Next day the helicopters came and cleared them from the run,
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The mickeys didn't stand a chance, they shot 'em one by one.

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Desease and blight had struck the herd, the beast all had to go,
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To save the export market and increase the money flow,
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Though it wasn't a very pretty scene to see the pikers fall,
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And pilot of the chopper didn't like the job at all.

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And the stockmen riding shotgun did his best to keep it clean,
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He tried his best for one shot kills to ease the grizzly scene,
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But soon the job was over and the land allowed to spell,
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Once again the stony desert had a tragic tale to tell.

Instrumental:
C majorC    G+G  FF
G+G   C majorC  FF
G+G C majorC D MajorD

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They wait now for the seasons to rejuvenate the land,
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Restock again with breeders and keep them well in hand,
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Oh the flood plains then will prosper and flights will be no more,
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Once more the stockmen riding, like they used to do before.

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And the cattle camps be busy with a new and stronger breed,
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As they muster through the lignum where the cattle love to feed,
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Through the sand hills of Cordilla or the Innamincka Plains,
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Once more we'll see the stock men's hands rest lightly on the reins.

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At the Innamincka muster, there were choppers in the sky,
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Cattle country gun ships with the rifleman on high,
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Oh the pikers didn't stand a chance, the cattle war was won,
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Beside the stony desert were they shot 'em one by one.

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Old timers had another way, they very seldom failed,
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To block the way with mickey , and throw him by the tail,
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But now the ringer's airborne, helicopters on the go,
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In the Diamantina country where the channels waters flow.
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Where the channels waters flow.